Nesta

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nesta: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Nesta: Recorded since 1997, it reached #2,341 in 2017, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2341highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174
1999	#3225
2002	#2868
2003	#3594
2005	#2970
2006	#3116
2007	#4294
2010	#4012
2011	#3549
2012	#3285
2013	#5742
2014	#4003
2015	#5730
2016	#5785
2017	#2341
2019	#4686
2021	#2942
2022	#4645
2023	#4056
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 20 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3174 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2341 among girls in England and Wales, in 2017 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nesta appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 101 births with the name.

Nesta across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Nesta's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3174 (1997)	#2341 (2017)	#4843 (2024)	20 of 28	101 (1997–2024)	11 (2017)
England and Wales · Boys	#2901 (1998)	#2901 (1998)	#4789 (2021)	3 of 24	9 (1998–2021)	3 (1998)

Nesta by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nesta in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	25	5 of 10	5
2010s	47	9 of 10	5
2020s	21	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Nesta appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2341 in England and Wales in 2017.

Nesta's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,341, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
10 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Carlota · #2341, 22y
Juwayriya · #2341, 21y
Mishaal · #2341, 22y
Ofelia · #2341, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Carlota · #2341, 22y
Mishaal · #2341, 22y
Urwah · #2341, 20y
Zennor · #2341, 16y

Nesta and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nesta without appearing here.

Nesta moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5730 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2341 and #5765.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4686 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.
Carol Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5785 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2341 and #4763.
Finn Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5730 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2341 and #4763.

Moved ahead of Nesta

Marilyn Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2341 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #2040.
Dylan Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3116 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #4294 and #2085.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #2504.
Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2868 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3594 and #2727.

Moved the opposite way to Nesta

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nesta went from #3174 to #4843 while Ada went from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nesta went from #3174 to #4843 while Alma went from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nesta went from #3174 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nesta went from #3174 to #4843 while Amalie went from #3824 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Nesta

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nesta went from #3174 to #4843 and Abigail from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nesta went from #3174 to #4843 and Aimee from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nesta went from #3174 to #4843 and Aisling from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nesta went from #3174 to #4843 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2341 in England and Wales in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nesta

Nesta at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nesta across 2 official records

Nesta by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Nesta appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Nesta and the names beside it

Nesta moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Nesta

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Nesta at a glance

Nesta across 2 official records

Nesta by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Nesta appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Nesta and the names beside it

Nesta moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Nesta

Moved the opposite way to Nesta

Moved the same way as Nesta